Sewing-machine foot.



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This invention relates to a foot adapted SEWING-MACHINE FooT. y

To all wl-0m t may concern Be it known that I, LILLIAN PAGE, a citizenof the United States,'residing at Packwaukee, in the county of Marquetteand State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inSewing-Machine Feet, of which the following is a specicato be applied toa sewing machine and it consists in the novel features hereinafter de'-scribed and claimed. l

An object of the invention is vto provide an attachment of the characterindicated adapted to be applied to the arm or other part of a sewingmachine and which serves as means for protecting` the fingers of anoperator from the action of the needle while sewing. i

The present invention may be used in lieu of the ordinary pressure footnow generally employed upon a sewing machine and the attachment willperform the same useful functions as the said pressure foot.

With the above object in View the improved foot comprises a plate ofsheet metal having a slotted end portion adapted to be applied to thebar or standard of the machine by the use of a set or similar screw.

The plate is provided with aA slotted depressed ortion through which theneedle of the mach y sides of the said slot the plate is provided withupstanding flanges having notches at their upper edges through which thethread' may be passed when the needle is belng.

threaded. The said plate is further providedat ,oneend with upstandingI-tongues adapted yto serve asshields andprevent the fingers oftheoperatorfrom getting under vthe needle.

In theaccompanying drawing, Figure'l isa perspective view of thefoot,showing the same applied to a machine. The other figures are detailviews of the structure of the foot. y

The foot is formed from a piece of sheet metal having a slotted endy l.The screw or other securing device which is used for attaching the footto the machine is passed through the slot of the end portion 1 and theimproved foot may be used in lieu of the usual pressure foot employedupon a sewi Specification of Letters'Patent.

Application led March 18, 1916. Serial N0. 85,116.

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ing machine. From the slotted'end portion .y

l the plate is extended down as at 2 ap- ;vproximately at a right'angleto the plane in v which the surface of the. slottedsend portion 1 lies.From the lower edge of the eX- tension 2 the plate is extended in theform of a ledge8 which is slotted'at one end as at 4. The material ofthe plate beyond the ,opposite edgesof the slot 4 is folded over uponthe upper surfacevof the ledge 3- and is then extended verticallyforming flanges 5 located at the opposite sides of the slot 4. The saidanges 5 are provided at theirfupper edges with notches 6 vthrough whichthe thread may be passed during lthe operation of threading the needleof .the machin'e. Curved `tongues l7- are provided at the slot- 'ted endof the'ledge portion Sand the said,

tongues are located at the opposite side edges `of the'slot 4. When thedevice is applied to 'a sewing machine it is secured in position bymeans of a set screw 8 which passes through the slot of the end portionl and secures the said 'end portion to the lower end of the standard orbar 9 of the sewing machine. -The needle indicated r at 10 is vadaptedto operate through the slot 4 of the ledge portion 3 during theoperation of sewing. From the above description/'taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawing it will be seen that a foot piece of simle and durable structure is provided and t at the same when applied tothe standard or b ar of a sewing machine will perform all of thefunctions of the usual pressure foot and at the same time the parts andfeatures of the improved foot are so disposed as to effectually rotectthe fingers of the operator during t e sewing operation.

Having described the invention claimed is v A sewing` machine pressurefoot compris-v ing a single piece offsheet metal having a slot, andfolded upon itself at its side 'edges and having flanges extendingupwardly from said folded portions.

In testimony whereof-I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. RUSSELL,

CHURcHrLL.

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